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Hydraulic performance of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices depends on their pressure head and flow rate relations. Hydraulic characteristics of these devices are expressed by pressure head and flow rate loops in a pulsatile environment as ...
Selim Bozkurt
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Implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a state-of-the-art treatment for adults and children with end-stage heart failure. The early and late period after LVAD implantation can be severely complicated.
V. N. Poptsov +4 more
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BACKGROUND: The surgical approach for the treatment of a left ventricular assist device with severe infection may be controversial. MATERIAL & METHODS: We present the case of a patient implanted with a HeartWare™ HVAD as a bridge to transplant and ...
Eixerés‐Esteve, Andrea +7 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices Are Underutilized [PDF]
Heart failure has become one of the fastest growing cardiovascular diagnoses, with estimates as high as 500 000 new cases per year.1,2 This growth is in part a result of the reductions in death from acute coronary syndromes, increased use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and improved survival with most cardiovascular interventions, which ...
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Targeted myocardial gene expression in failing hearts by RNA sequencing
Background Myocardial recovery with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy is highly variable and difficult to predict. Next generation ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing is an innovative, rapid, and quantitative approach to gene expression ...
Kajari Dhar +12 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Cannula Obstruction
One of the dreaded complications of left ventricular assist device implantation is mechanical obstruction of the device secondary to pump thrombosis or mechanical outflow cannula obstruction.
Majid Asawaeer, MD +4 more
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Left Ventricular Assist Devices [PDF]
Ventricular assist device has rapidly emerged as a durable and safe therapy for end-stage heart failure patients with >22 000 implantations to date. Though originally conceived for bridge-to-transplant indication, significant advancements in medical management as well as technology with arrivals of newer generation devices have improved patient ...
Jason J. Han +2 more
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Background The use of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in patients with advanced heart failure refractory to optimal medical management has progressed steadily over the past two decades. Data have demonstrated reduced LVAD efficacy, worse clinical
David T. Huang +33 more
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Lawn Mower Versus Left Ventricular Assist Device
A 77-year-old man with history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) presented with abdominal pain after a lawn mower accident.
Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH +8 more
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Left ventricular assist device percutaneous deactivation with a Watchman device
International audienceMyocardial recovery in left ventricular assist device patients is a rare event. Surgical explantation remains a risky and challenging procedure. Alternative percutaneous techniques could represent an effective solution.
Rioufol, G. +9 more
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